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Dup. is common in India and feeds on foliage of rice. The larvae 

 make cases of leaves and are able to live either in air or water. 

 Godara comalis Guerin, infests, in Australia, the leaves of turnips 

 and horse radish, and in the same country Conogethes punctiferalis 

 Guerin, attacks ripening peaches, eating into and webbing over the 

 surface, and pupating at the pit. Dichochrosis punctiferalis Guerin 

 is quite injurious to castor beans in India, the larvae boring into the 

 stems and seeds, often causing much loss. Pyrausta nubilalis Hb., 

 ranging over central and southern Europe, Asia Minor, southern 

 India, etc., is destructive to hops in Europe, the larvae boring the 

 stems of the plants. Scirpophaga intacta Sn., in Java, injures 

 sugar cane, the larvae boring the terminal roll of leaves and also the 

 stem. Sylepta derogata Fabr. and Phycita infusella Meyer, are 

 both cotton pests in India, the former feeding on the leaves, which 

 it rolls, and the latter on the buds of the shoots, folding the young 

 leaves together, which renders its detection easy. Glyphodes 

 indica Saund., which much resembles our melon caterpillar, has 

 in India about the same habits, the larvae defoliating melon and 

 allied plants. Micromima olivia in Cuba rolls and eats the leaves 

 of tobacco in the seed beds, attacking also the egg plant. 



Tortricidce. 



This family contains some of our most destructive insects and 

 species of importance in other countries should be looked upon with 

 suspicion. 



Omphisa anastomosalis Guen. is quite destructive to sweet pota- 

 toes in Formosa and has recently been introduced (1900) in Hawaii, 

 the larvae boring the roots and tubers. Capua angustiorana Haw^_~ 

 the small apricot and vine moth, is destructive to these crops in 

 England. It occurs over central and western Europe, in Asia 

 Minor, northwest Africa, etc. Tortrix excessana Walker, native 

 to New Zealand, injures the foliage and fruit of the apple, the latter 

 being tunnelled in all directions, and for this reason is known by 

 some as the railway bug. Tortrix ashworthana Newm. ( = Caccecia 

 responsana), in Victoria, bores into apple much like our Carpo- 

 capsa pomonella, with which it has been confused. This is regarded 

 as a serious pest by reason of the character and amount of damage 

 to apples. Tortrix divulsana Walker, (== Tortrix glaphyrana), the 

 lucerne moth, is a regular pest in New South Wales, the larvae 

 feeding on and webbing together the tips of its food plant. Pan- 

 demis ribeana Hb., P. heparana Schiff. P. podana Sc. and related 

 species in England infest various orchard trees often seriously. 

 These are insects of wide distribution in the Palearctic region. Clysia 

 ambiguella Hb. is one of the first class pests of grapes in France at 

 the present time, the larvae eating the blossom clusters, and later 



